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UncategorizedSuper Mario Odyssey Is Already Playable In An Emulator
We tend to associate emulators as a means of playing old games from superseded systems, but the Yuzu emulator is different: it’s trying to run Nintendo Switch games on the PC, and it’s doing a very good job. Yuzu was only announced in January, but is already doing big things, as we can see in…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Here’s What Fallout 76’s Real-Money Store Looks Like So Far
Bethesda’s open world MMO Fallout 76 is currently in beta on console and PC for those who pre-ordered the game. While you can’t spend actual money to purchase its in-game currency, called Atoms, players can now use the currency they’ve already collected from doing various in-game tasks to buy stuff from the shop’s initial offering.…
By Ethan Gach Published November 1, 2018 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To Piranha Plant In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
So, Piranha Plant is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Ready yourself for a barrage of jokes. I’ve already been told I’m on the wrong side of history for not really getting Piranha Plant as a character in Smash, and you know what? It’s fine. Go enjoy your plant, weirdos. I cried literal, real tears…
By Gita Jackson Published November 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Switch port of Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP won’t be out until sometime later this month Of course, Capybara Games is also hard at work on another little game called Below which, after many delays, the studio said would be out on Xbox One by the end of the year.
By Ethan Gach Published November 1, 2018 -
OpinionA Surreal Multiplayer Game About Sentient Cubes
Zarvot is two different games smashed together. One is a surrealist story about voxel-blasting cubes on a journey to bring their best bud a banana for their birthday. The other is a shooty, smashy multiplayer hell-fight simulator where chaos reigns. Both bring their own silly spin on their respective genres. Zarvot’s title sounds like a…
By Heather Alexandra Published November 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Adding Clutter To The Sims Gives The Game A Human Touch
If you want to mod The Sims 4, you can add drugs, make a pregnant teen, or even roast babies on a barbecue. One of the most popular kinds of mods, though, is something less fantastical: clutter. The Sims is like a huge dollhouse you can tell stories in. Those stories can range from setting…
By Gita Jackson Published November 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Fans Commiserate After Big Smash Bros. Leak Turns Out To Be Fake
Last week a Super Smash Bros. leak, known as the Grinch leak, sent the Smash community down a rabbit hole of rumor and speculation that ended up with fans divided into two camps, #teamreal and #teamfake, depending on whether they believed the leak would turn out to be legit. In its Direct today, Nintendo resolved…
By Ethan Gach Published November 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
They Made A Compact Retro Keyboard Out Of Wood
Last year keyboard maker Azio introduced the Retro Classic, a full-size luxury keyboard sporting typewriter-style keys and a real leather finish. Now the company is back with the R.C.K., a streamlined mechanical keyboard with a compact layout and Bluetooth support. There’s even a genuine walnut version. I loved the look and feel of the Retro…
By Mike Fahey Published November 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Mario’s Real-Life Namesake, Mario Segale, Dies At 84
Mario Segale, the namesake for Nintendo’s Mario character and a successful American real estate developer, passed away on October 27, Kotaku has learned. Segale was surrounded by his family in Tukwila, Washington. He was 84. Segale developed office buildings and malls in Washington state and, in 1998, sold his construction services company to an Irish…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
British Website Forced To Pay $1.3 Million Over Red Dead Redemption 2 Leak
The British website TrustedReviews today pulled an article, apologized to publisher Take-Two Games, and said it was donating 1 million pounds ($1.3 million) to charity after publishing leaked information about Red Dead Redemption 2 in February of this year. It’s a radical move that raises serious questions about editorial independence and legal threats against the…
By Jason Schreier Published November 1, 2018 - CultureKotaku Game Diary
PSVR Platformer Astro Bot Is More Fun If You Don’t Try To 100% It
Ever since I played the first demo of Lucky’s Tale, I’ve been convinced that third-person platform games are a surprisingly perfect fit for virtual reality. It’s fun to play a platformer when you’re enveloped in the world itself. It’s more thrilling to make your character jump off a high cliff when you yourself can feel…
By Chris Kohler Published November 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Smash Bros. Ultimate‘s First Post-Launch Fighter Will Be, Uh, Piranha Plant
There’s one more fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: the Mario series’s Piranha Plant, which will be free if you buy the game before the end of January. I’m sure someone, somewhere, is very happy about this. Piranha Plant can spit poison, fire spiky balls, and turns into the massive Petey Piranha for its Final…
By Gita Jackson Published November 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate‘s ‘Spirits’ Mode Detailed, And It’s A Whole Lot
Nintendo announced today that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is getting a wild, weird new system called Spirits. Players will be able to assign spirits—cameo characters from other games—to their Smash fighters that will help buff them in battle. Its mechanics are a lot to take in and it’s easy to imagine that, like Smash’s trophy…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published November 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Smash Bros. Ultimate Gets Two Final New Fighters, Ken And Incineroar
Nintendo has confirmed Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s final starting roster will be 74 fighters, with newly announced Ken from Street Fighter and Incineroar from Pokemon being the last two additions before the game comes out. Ken will be an echo fighter, meaning most of his moves and animations will mirror Ryu’s. He’ll have unique attack…
By Ethan Gach Published November 1, 2018 -
UncategorizedBrutal Abuse Allegations against Real-Life Mecha Exec
Method-2, the Korean mecha, has captured the tech world’s imagination. However, newly revealed footage seems to show the company’s exec Yang Jin-ho allegedly brutally beating employees and even apparently forcing them to kill animals. Yang was behind Korea Future Technology, a company that’s building a real-life mecha. The venture business brought in Vitaly Bulgarov is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2018 - Uncategorized
Sony Releasing a 2TB PlayStation 4 Pro in Japan
Previously, Sony released a limited edition 2TB PlayStation 4 Pro. Now a standard version has been announced for Japan. The 2TB PlayStation 4 Pro comes in Jet Black and will be released on November 21. It’s priced at 44,980 yen ($399). No word yet on an international release.
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 1, 2018
